Yeah, hate it when that happens. Especially considering there's a surrender option if you want to end it early.
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Battleborn |OT| Multiplayer Online Bad-Ass Shooter
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Yeah, hate it when that happens. Especially considering there's a surrender option if you want to end it early.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I only hope the free DLC characters aren't complicated or grind heavy to unlock since season pass holders automatically have them unlocked.
piratepwnsninja
Member
If anyone is playing on PC and is looking for people to play with, quote to see my Steam name and add me!
SolicitorPirate
Member
Is it just me, or is it crazy that Mel is the first character players are introduced to, positioned as a point of view character in the prologue, and then gets locked behind one of the longest unlock requirements in the game?
JacksUsername
Member
Was just in the middle of soloing a hardcore version of a mission and Steam servers went down, wiping all progress. Ugh.
SolicitorPirate
Member
Yeah, probably my favourite character so far. I'm sorta disappointed they didn't find a way to throw in a JoJo reference in one of her lines or taunts
Caldarius' cool down feels LONG. I love the idea of his flashbang (especially with bleed), but it takes FOREVER to come back, lol. His speed dash as an escape is fantastic, sure, but I'm surprised how double jump feels SO BAD to start off with. I thought it'd have more height, and make it easier for me to clear certain ledges, but it's more like a curiosity at first.
Miko really does seem like THE support. I also feel that Reyna is very strong in this role, and she brings more killing power to "support" by helping for off the enemy faster.
Some characters and builds just feel bad in certain modes. "Meltdown" really favors fast AoE attacks to help clear minion waves, and get you moving again.
Having a sniper on "Incursion" seems to make everything move much better. Since it has such wide open lanes, it makes it easy to assist in damage well.
I'm surprised at the vast difference in the 2 "Capture" maps. One feels fast paced and intimate, the other feels HUGE in comparison, making it hard to even see the other points on your minimap.
I look forward to earning the other characters, but I'd be lying if I said the ones you start with feel shallow. There's a lot to work through with even what you're introduced to, and I always appreciate the idea of learning the nuance of a character, rather than jump jumping between them willy nilly, never settling to really get used to something. At least for a little while, anyway. I do look forward to trying out Kleese one of these days, lol.
Miko really does seem like THE support. I also feel that Reyna is very strong in this role, and she brings more killing power to "support" by helping for off the enemy faster.
Some characters and builds just feel bad in certain modes. "Meltdown" really favors fast AoE attacks to help clear minion waves, and get you moving again.
Having a sniper on "Incursion" seems to make everything move much better. Since it has such wide open lanes, it makes it easy to assist in damage well.
I'm surprised at the vast difference in the 2 "Capture" maps. One feels fast paced and intimate, the other feels HUGE in comparison, making it hard to even see the other points on your minimap.
I look forward to earning the other characters, but I'd be lying if I said the ones you start with feel shallow. There's a lot to work through with even what you're introduced to, and I always appreciate the idea of learning the nuance of a character, rather than jump jumping between them willy nilly, never settling to really get used to something. At least for a little while, anyway. I do look forward to trying out Kleese one of these days, lol.
SolicitorPirate
Member
Capture just seems to a poor fit for this game. It seems to emphasise all its weaknesses and none of its strengths
PaulKersey
Member
Need teammates on PS4 version. Played a match earlier and before it even loaded in we lost a teammate. Then another person tried to vote to surrender and nobody else voted yes so that person left. 5 v 3 is not very fun :\.
PSN is PaulKersey
PSN is PaulKersey
CommandThrower
Member
Honestly, the fact that this game only starts you out with 7 characters is absurd. I was really thinking about this, and if you really can't have every character unlocked from the beginning because you want "progression" or whatever, then I feel that the game should start with 15 characters unlocked. Have 10 unlockable via the campaign/one character unlock every four command levels.
Given that the rest of the hero shooters don't seem to gate off their roster, the fact that only a limited number of this game's roster being available to you at the start is a big mistake.
PaulKersey
Member
Yup. Had a match earlier where it was 5 on 5. The score was around 150 to 50. Not a great start, but I've seen some crazy comebacks in the beta.
Justice_Bolt
Member
This mission is so hard lol. I'm not even able to do it solo.
CommandThrower
Member
I only lost once on that mission. It was because I was using Attkius, a melee hero. Once I switched to Orendi, I beat that mission without much trouble.
My only problem with that level is that it chugs my computer to hell. I need to set every single setting at the lowest possible setting in order for that level to at least run at 30 FPS minimum. This also applies to the Incursion map "Echelon", for some reason all stages on that planet chug my computer to hell.
Glass Shark
Banned
I don't know why I do the dumb things I do. I played the prologue and then 5 minutes of a single multiplayer match in this and I really don't feel like playing it anymore.
Those Steam player numbers are rough. Not even in the top 25 during its launch week.
I really wanted this to do well, I don't know what happened.
Those Steam player numbers are rough. Not even in the top 25 during its launch week.
I really wanted this to do well, I don't know what happened.
Keep trying, you might find a character you like.
I'm surprised it's so dead too. I thought the beta was fun but as I explained on page 1, I am worried about the RNG aspect. I guess they might have turned off other pvpers too. A lot of us 'dedicated' pvp fans got really worked over by many other RPGs with RNG
But still--- the game is fun. Nice fun, light hearted comedy, great environment, etc. This is a good game for people that love random loot and stuff like that
Myself though I need some form of Trading and Crafting. No trading or crafting with just pure random loot? No thanks for me
edit- granted part of me is still tempted to buy it though at a discounted price tho. No way I'm paying full price
Was fine yesterday, I can't imagine the population has dropped off a cliff in less than 24hrs
Try restarting the game, sometimes it messes up and won't join properly
Shifty Capone1
Member
Add me on Xbox 1 if anyone wants to play! I've played 15 matches and only lost once. Seems people don't understand you need motions to take shields down. No one else but me destroy enemy minions! GT same as name
Mossybrew
Member
Have just a little patience. The starting characters are all good in their own way. I've already unlocked four more characters basically without even trying, just playing the game. Game's only been out two days. Before you know it you'll have so many characters to choose from you won't know who's your favorite.
Yup, I just played the prologue, which was super forgettable, then waited 5 full minutes for matchmaking in a versus and got stuck with a bunch of 20+s vs all level 2s. Turned it right off and went back to the Overwatch beta. My single greatest hope for this game now is that the flaming wreckage doesn't hurt Borderlands 3 development.
SolicitorPirate
Member
Depends on what you're enjoying about the game. This is very much a moba/shooter hybrid whereas Overwatch is a faster paced, character based shooter
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
As someone getting matches I hope not. Maybe it was just unlucky timing on your part.
They're more than different enough that you might or might not. It's in open beta tomorrow so you can find out.
swearing-circle
Member
Glad I decided to get this. Been playing incursion and it's a hell of a lot of fun. Tried Capture though but that was not fun at all. Seemed really unbalanced but maybe I was just playing it wrong.
.. Tag: U2NUMBI mean, level isn't exactly reflective of skill level? But whatever, bye.
I am a level 3 still and I am far ahead on the scoreboards than many with MUCH higher rank. It means nothing... no idea why you would bail that fast. The game is fantastic but it does take a bit of playing to figure it out. Once you do it shines.
I didn't equate level to skill. It does show experience with the game, which is important for a MOBA-type game. I'm guessing most people didn't dump twenty hours into the beta like I did. Waiting for sluggish matchmaking sucks. Waiting for sluggish matchmaking just to get rolled by a team that knows what it's doing for 20 minutes sucks more. The game can definitely be fun, but my anecdote aside, it's not crazy to look at the giant pile of evidence and assume it's probably DOA
Ugh, the campaign is bad. I hate how you can fail a mission so easily if your team doesn't defend stuff properly. And it's not like you can just retry from the closest checkpoint, nope 30 minutes wasted. Not a fan.
Is there a faster way to unlock characters than doing the campaign?
Is there a faster way to unlock characters than doing the campaign?
The game has only been out for two days
Why are you playing pub matches solo
I mean it's a MOBA and MOBAS are fucking awful solo lmao
Lol why did you buy this
Between the impulse purchase and the split decision that the game sucks it just sounds like you don't really think things through very much.
Chronospherics
Member
Not sure if anyone else posted but here are the reviews I found so far
Cheat CC 4/5
GameRevolution 4.5/5
Gaming Trend 90/100
Better than I expected but these are small publications. At least one of them doesn't feature on meta/opencritic.
Personally I'm enjoying the game thus far but I feel the campaign gets very weak during its mid-section, chapters 4 through 6 are especially mediocre, lacking the dialogue boss design and general appeal of the missions presented in the beta. Which is a shame, because the games campaign is incredibly short (8 missions, each clocking under 40 minutes each unless you take it quite slow).
I wish they took a different approach to the campaign, although it's fun and I can see myself replaying it, it would have been much more appealing if they took a leaf from Borderlands and made an open world campaign spanning across the Solar system. The campaign simply isn't ambitious at all and as such falls short in comparison to the innovative multiplayer component.
Cheat CC 4/5
GameRevolution 4.5/5
Gaming Trend 90/100
Better than I expected but these are small publications. At least one of them doesn't feature on meta/opencritic.
Personally I'm enjoying the game thus far but I feel the campaign gets very weak during its mid-section, chapters 4 through 6 are especially mediocre, lacking the dialogue boss design and general appeal of the missions presented in the beta. Which is a shame, because the games campaign is incredibly short (8 missions, each clocking under 40 minutes each unless you take it quite slow).
I wish they took a different approach to the campaign, although it's fun and I can see myself replaying it, it would have been much more appealing if they took a leaf from Borderlands and made an open world campaign spanning across the Solar system. The campaign simply isn't ambitious at all and as such falls short in comparison to the innovative multiplayer component.
Karak
Member
Interesting as characters are the focus I was actually expecting 3 originally. Each to their own of course. Regardless, the fact PEOPLE want them and are unlocking them is a good thing.
Shifty Capone1
Member
Hey Hamburgler sorry I didn't see your messages!
Just played over watch for awhile and while its fun, how did people get these games confused?! So wildly different..
Just played over watch for awhile and while its fun, how did people get these games confused?! So wildly different..
irfaanator
Banned
Yea I also see the game like monday night combat, and I liked that game. Can't play for a couple of days so sadly can't work on any more unlocks
Turin Turambar
Member
Yes I can confirm.
Exact opposite actually. I rented it from GameFly as a stopgap until Uncharted and/or filler until Overwatch comes out. I'll put some time in it this weekend probably because I enjoyed the beta, but I didn't want to drop 60 on it until I got a sense of the community and tried Overwatch. I also didn't say the game sucks, I said it gave what would have been a bad first impression, which the game probably doesn't need right now given the general lack of interest. All my posts in the beta thread were actually really positive.